September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Huyen Nguyen, who has worked at Quality Production Ltd., for eight years, watches the circuit board he has just loaded into this machine as it goes throught he production process. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Zgai Nguyen, in background, works with the circuit boards that will have many parts pressed onto them during production at Quality Production Ltd., a Hillsboro contract manufacturer whose recent growth shows it's still possible to make goods economically in the United States. QPL bucks the trend in Oregon's manufacturing sector, which has shed about 40,000...

September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Tony Phan works on an assembly line at Quality Production Ltd., a Hillsboro contract manufacturer whose recent growth shows it's still possible to make goods economically in the United States. QPL bucks the trend in Oregon's manufacturing sector, which has shed about 40,000 jobs since 2007. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Kimnga Cao's hands do the detail work of soldering on a circuit board at Quality Production Ltd., a Hillsboro contract manufacturer whose recent growth shows it's still possible to make goods economically in the United States. QPL bucks the trend in Oregon's manufacturing sector, which has shed about 40,000 jobs since 2007. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Lisa Inthvong, who has worked at Quality Production Ltd., for three years, is in quality control and is checking a circuit board that is part of a computer display control. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

September 18, 2010, 9:23PM

Hillsboro, Oregon -- 9/9/10 -- Rubi Zuniga Romero works on the final assembly of an electronic board that is for automotive use. Romero has worked at Quality Production Ltd., a Hillsboro contract manufacturer whose recent growth shows it's still possible to make goods economically in the United States. QPL bucks the trend in Oregon's manufacturing sector, which has shed about...